(UNSOLVED) [Mac OS x Lion] Game wont crashes on startup

So I want to try out the game, and figured I should try out the Demo first!
So I downloaded the game, installed it etc, but it crashes on startup…
I wont be able to post the message I get since that I can only post 1600 letters.

Any help would be much appreciated!

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Happens to me too! It will crash on startup every time. And the icon will not appear in my application folder even when installing correctly. I’ve tried my way around it but nothing will allow it to work.

Let’s just hope someone knows what to do!

Are you… Lol wat?

same issue is happening to me

can you please post some error messages. Doesn’t have to be the complete crash log but something to give us a clue so that @gnor can look at it.

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread:  0  CrBrowserMain  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thread 0 Crashed:  CrBrowserMain  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   node-webkit Framework         	0x67a1cd9d mac_plugin_interposing::NotifyBrowserOfPluginHideWindow(unsigned int, CGRect) + 6359613
1   com.apple.AppKit              	0x94a2ae66 -[NSView _setWindow:] + 2131
2   com.apple.AppKit              	0x94a33aca -[NSView addSubview:] + 411
3   com.apple.AppKit              	0x94bbcff6 -[NSView addSubview:positioned:relativeTo:] + 708
4   node-webkit Framework         	0x67a64929 mac_plugin_interposing::NotifyBrowserOfPluginHideWindow(unsigned int, CGRect) + 6653385
5   node-webkit Framework         	0x67a6103e mac_plugin_interposing::NotifyBrowserOfPluginHideWindow(unsigned int, CGRect) + 6638814
6   node-webkit Framework         	0x67a61132 mac_plugin_interposing::NotifyBrowserOfPluginHideWindow(unsigned int, CGRect) + 6639058
7   node-webkit Framework         	0x67a4e88e mac_plugin_interposing::NotifyBrowserOfPluginHideWindow(unsigned int, CGRect) + 6563118
8   node-webkit Framework         	0x67a5a907 mac_plugin_interposing::NotifyBrowserOfPluginHideWindow(unsigned int, CGRect) + 6612391
9   node-webkit Framework         	0x67a5a8a0 mac_plugin_interposing::NotifyBrowserOfPluginHideWindow(unsigned int, CGRect) + 6612288
10  node-webkit Framework         	0x67a47e82 mac_plugin_interposing::NotifyBrowserOfPluginHideWindow(unsigned int, CGRect) + 6535970
11  node-webkit Framework         	0x67a4832f mac_plugin_interposing::NotifyBrowserOfPluginHideWindow(unsigned int, CGRect) + 6537167
12  node-webkit Framework         	0x67a49380 mac_plugin_interposing::NotifyBrowserOfPluginHideWindow(unsigned int, CGRect) + 6541344
13  node-webkit Framework         	0x6905e076 v8::internal::POSIXSocket::IsValid() const + 715014
14  node-webkit Framework         	0x690614d0 v8::internal::POSIXSocket::IsValid() const + 728416
15  node-webkit Framework         	0x6903ec65 v8::internal::POSIXSocket::IsValid() const + 586997
16  com.apple.Foundation          	0x960fbdb3 _nsnote_callback + 176
17  com.apple.CoreFoundation      	0x966db763 __CFXNotificationPost + 947
18  com.apple.CoreFoundation      	0x966db16a _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 186
19  com.apple.Foundation          	0x960f0c50 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 128
20  com.apple.Foundation          	0x960fe05d -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:] + 56
21  com.apple.AppKit              	0x94a87216 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 125
22  com.apple.AppKit              	0x94a87126 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 74
23  com.apple.AppKit              	0x94bde339 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpen:] + 274
24  com.apple.AppKit              	0x94bddf59 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 101
25  com.apple.Foundation          	0x961311f8 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 511
26  com.apple.Foundation          	0x96130fbc _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 228
27  com.apple.AE                  	0x90b8ff5c aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned long, unsigned char*) + 166

Yep same thing is happening to me. Demo worked absolutely fine though, bought the game today and can’t even get to the title screen!

In my case it’s the demo that just doesn’t work

Oh right! Sounds like the same error though, our error reports are exactly the same. I’m on OSX 10.8.3, are you on the same?

os x 10.6.8 for me .-.

THIS IS FOR THE DEMO FOR ME, I HAVE NOT YET EVEN BOUGHT THE FULL VERSION
Process: node-webkit [15981]
Path: /Applications/Game Dev Tycoon DEMO.app/Contents/MacOS/node-webkit
Identifier: com.greenheartgames.gtd.demo
Version: 1.0.1 (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [128]

Date/Time: 2013-05-08 17:44:49.434 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.7 (11A511)
Report Version: 9

Interval Since Last Report: 174157 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 40
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 27 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 13
Anonymous UUID: 0E9AF8EB-4664-487B-BA28-3038E5985A1D

Crashed Thread: 0 CrBrowserMain Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000

VM Regions Near 0:
–> __PAGEZERO 0000000000000000-0000000000001000 [ 4K] —/--- SM=NUL /Applications/Game Dev Tycoon DEMO.app/Contents/MacOS/node-webkit
VM_ALLOCATE 0000000000001000-0000000000068000 [ 412K] —/--- SM=NUL

Application Specific Information:
objc[15981]: garbage collection is OFF

Thread 0 Crashed:: CrBrowserMain Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 node-webkit Framework 0x00e24d9d 0x6d000 + 14384541
1 com.apple.AppKit 0x9b50a45a -[NSView _setWindow:] + 240
2 com.apple.AppKit 0x9b509116 -[NSView addSubview:] + 399
3 com.apple.AppKit 0x9b540a24 -[NSView addSubview:positioned:relativeTo:] + 154
4 node-webkit Framework 0x00e6c929 0x6d000 + 14678313
5 node-webkit Framework 0x00e6903e 0x6d000 + 14663742
6 node-webkit Framework 0x00e69132 0x6d000 + 14663986
7 node-webkit Framework 0x00e5688e 0x6d000 + 14588046
8 node-webkit Framework 0x00e62907 0x6d000 + 14637319
9 node-webkit Framework 0x00e628a0 0x6d000 + 14637216
10 node-webkit Framework 0x00e4fe82 0x6d000 + 14560898
11 node-webkit Framework 0x00e5032f 0x6d000 + 14562095
12 node-webkit Framework 0x00e51380 0x6d000 + 14566272
13 node-webkit Framework 0x02466076 0x6d000 + 37720182
14 node-webkit Framework 0x024694d0 0x6d000 + 37733584
15 node-webkit Framework 0x02446c65 0x6d000 + 37592165
16 com.apple.Foundation 0x97e3d51d __-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_1 + 49
17 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9a710843 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke_1 + 275
18 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9a6db658 _CFXNotificationPost + 2776
19 com.apple.Foundation 0x97e2870a -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 92
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x9b3f64cc -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 259
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x9b3f61c2 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 84
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x9b3f4da4 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenEvent:] + 277
23 com.apple.AppKit 0x9b3f4aba -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent

I’m on OSX 10.7, I hope this issue is solved, I really want to play this game and help the devs out

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Do you have any idea what Singleton Lock is? When I go to ~/Library/Application Support/game dev tycoon demo, the only file in the game dev tycoon folder is a Document named Singleton Lock

Yeah thats the same as with the full game, although there are other things, like a folder called ‘cache’, then ‘cookies’, ‘cookies journal’ then a folder called ‘local storage’ and then Singleton Lock. Don’t know if thats the same for you?

I’ve had a response from the dev team and they’ve asked me to email precise details of the problem, so I’ll get back to you guys on here once they get back to me!

can you guys try out the new update (full game):

http://forum.greenheartgames.com/t/game-dev-tycoon-1-3-9-rolling-out/3214

We will try to update the DEMO soon as well but at the moment our priority is to fix breaking issues for players who’ve bought the game.

@falconmaiden We don’t support Mac OS 10.6 - you will need to have Mac OS 10.7+ - this is stated on our website. The underlying technology (node-webkit) does not support older versions of Mac OS.

Sorry for the super nooby question, but how do I update the game?

Don’t worry, I just read how to do it. Ha My bad.